Old sailors used to say that they liked to get a couple of weeks into a voyage to be rid of all the diseases that came from the land. Maybe sailing will improve your health? You've been doing an amazing job, take care!
You did a great job of restoring the rudder. It looks great. The rudder will be in the water all the time. Now is your opportunity to remove the paint and cover the rudder with a layer of fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin.
Here is a tip I saw while watching traditional shipwrights overhauling an old wooden vessel on utube called "Yaba". Instead of using chisels & screw drivers to pry open your keel or any splitting of wood joins. They made wooden wedges from old hard timber, (about 4 - 6 inches wide) and this way opens the wooden sections evenly where the chisel tends to damage the timber because of pressure applied to small parts instead of even pressure using a wedge and a hammer ... Love your weekly show.
And leverage is your friend - slip a section of pipe over the handle you’ll be amazed of the power increase and how much easier it is to pry things apart. And how easy it is to destroy the tool your working with 🤦♂️. Jeep it up, you’re almost there 🙏
Whenever Maria and I start up job we always look to each other and say, "What could go wrong?" Because something always does. I see the boys were offering the expert opinions. I know you listen to them carefully. You are doing a great job. Remember, one foot in front of the other and soon, sail away.
That’s good thinking. Oftentimes what could go wrong, or the unknown of it, overwhelms me more than the project. It helps to have input, sometimes, definitely from people who know their stuff. They calm my nerves more than anything.
Nicole, i've said this before, but it bears saying again. you are a remarkable, resiliant young lady. i look forward to watching you sailing again. never give up kiddo. Dont quit!!!!! youve come so far.
I remember watching some early videos of yours. You've come so very far ! You've accomplished a lot ! Wow is all I can say and I'm a retired Navy mechanic; old now but I appreciate hard work and that you have surely done ! Your boat has also come a long ways; it will be such a better craft once you get it back into the water. Good luck to ya, smile and keep your head up. You've earned everything you've accomplished !
Nicole gotta say that was as painful to watch as it was for u doing it, well done on ur tenacity and patients, mate hang in there, life throws so many curveballs at us, so take a deep breath or ten and just keep chipping away. U will get there, keep believing in yourself, u can and will succeed, much respect xxx😘🇦🇺
Ur so amazing, great job girl! I know for me when people stop n ask me questions because I'm converting a schoolie into a rv, it gives me so much more motivation to keep going
Same. It helps when people notice the hard work I’m putting in. That’s so neat what you’re doing with the school bus to the RV! I met somebody in Fort Pierce who had a boat. He sold the boat and did the same thing! Keep at it. It’s worth it.
I like to say you’re the 5th sailboat RUclipsr I have been watching and the other RUclipsrs are Acorn to Arabella (I went to see her be launched last year in Massachusetts), Salt & Tar, Sailing Yaba, Sampson Boat Co and just started watching Adventureman Dan.
You make women very proud and it seens that men respect you Bravo. Luck is your perseverance 😊 take care of your body that's the only one you'll have❤❤❤
@@SailingArtha nicole, check v well also metal hardware on rudder and stern. You depend on those parts y know. As well and easy to make a rudder emergency choke where u can put a large oar as rudder. I know those rudders r strong but just in case...and if possible..best luck , If u come to Ecuador let me know i can help maybe. Saludos.
In the future, when you need to separate two pieces of wood, cut some long wood wedges and just start hammering them in along the edges. I've been using this method for over 40 years
"weird little tool" is a cats paw. If you ever have that sort of job again, find some scraps of hardwood and cut some thin wedges. Multitool to make a small hole then a bunch of wedges all around. Tap tap tap and it will come straight up. You can even split stone that way.
Great job! and you handled the mansplainer well with patience. next time tell him he's on camera to hopefully chase the old fella away. either way well done.
Put leg higher than heart. Being super organised will pay off. Good collection of tools. Day removing wood from rudder also showed not to hurt your back. Good clamping potable vice. Grinders are super dangerous go super slow with what to do with it. Always have a 6" 12" ruler with metric. Op shops have long sleeve shirts. Dog vain important. Have a nice long scrapper.
Might I suggest Dolfinite Bedding Compound for wood to wood joints that you wish to take apart, it stays pliable spreads like putty and will keep water of the joint. It would work to seal the wood of the rudder and rudder cheeks which you bolt back together. The reason there is a bearing (using Delrin) is to stop metal on metal contact which will wear bronze out.
Thanks. I just pulled up the stuff on Amazon. I appreciate it. And yea, I was surprised to hear the new hardware wouldn’t need any bushings, but instead of using more zinc, they put a kind of plastic in the bronze, which acts as a bushing, and also makes it less prone to electrolysis damage.
@@SailingArtha If possible, you might want to consider make removing the pintle easier by passing the bolts through the cheeks so that if something happens it's easier to remove the pintle by undoing the three or four bolts holding it on. But that would require threading bolts of a custom length and more holes in the rudder cheeks.
Yea, that reallyyyy bugged me. It was hanging off the transom of the boat by a rod that was resting on a storage container, but when they put my mast up, they used the crane to move the storage container. There are not a lot of structural resources here in the yard, so the best I could do was prop it up on a few cinder blocks on the ground. Fortunately it was only there for a few weeks, during which time I was also working on it. Then I strapped it up against my boat to Coppercoat it. It was very stressful
Remember, life is for enjoying. All this work will produce sailing pleasure. I was in a yard once when I heard loud banging all day and the travel lift went by. Later on a guy told me they were using sledge hammers and crowbars to get a mast off a small trawler. Finally, they tried lifting it off with the travel lift serving as a hoist and all they did was lift the trawler off the blocks because the mast was bedded in - - - - - - wait for it - - - - yep, you guessed it - - - 5200. While I was watching, I can understand the need to be able to replace that pintle in the future, I was thinking maybe you could cut a piece from the cheek at that place, so in the future you'd leave the bulk of the cheeks on when getting in there. I want one of those multi-tools. I don't know if you have one, but there are 90 degree angle bits to allow your drill to shoot at an angle in a tight space where it may not be possible to get the drill. Keep on truckin', Nicole!
Oh my gosh, that is INSANE how strong 5200 is. Thanks for sharing that story. Good imagery. That’s a good idea, just cutting out a piece of the cheek. It did feel good to check underneath though to confirm there was no rot. Good to know about the 90 degree angle bits. Now that I’m almost done with boat projects, I’ll start investing in tools 😅 now that I know more about tools.
@@SailingArtha There's probably a book in 5200 stories. A friend had a big gap in a dodger that he filled with 5200. Besides the adhesive quality, it stays flexible and can bridge small gaps. With tools, always get the best and baby them. My hand tools swim in WD40. Here's a tip, Nicole: When you are going to do a piece of work, set out your tools in an organized fashion, like a dentist, rather than having them in a pile or in a bucket. A cluttered environment leads to cluttered thinking and an organized environment promotes more organized thinking. Your thinking is well-organized anyway and this tip will make things a little easier.
I asked Eric, the guy who has a BCC and is my go-to for questions. He said they used a polyurethane glue at the factory. That’s all we know! It was back in the 70s
Be VERY careful hammering a hammer with a hammer. Both are hardened steel. When striking each other they will not bend and or deform. If they fail they shatter. It’s possible for “shrapnel” to imbed into your skin or eyes.
When I built my airplane for 4 1/2 years everyone would ask when it would be done. I learned through kind hearted folks to say Tuesday. Didn’t matter what Tuesday, just a Tuesday. It muffled the banter.
Was it broken, no, someone said it’s old, replace it, if it’s not broken, leave it be, I feel like this young lady is not made of money, and she has to do the work, she needs a break every now and then, and I’m sure haul out aren’t free…
I needed to replace the pintle and rather than cutting out the chunk of wood covering the pintle, I thought it was worth it to go ahead and check the rudder for rot.
Hey girl hope your in the water ???guess your 2 months behind in videos ? Maybe you could make a video of the last 2months and bring us all up to speed on what your doing now .⛵⚓⛵🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Hey! My Patreon is up to date. I can’t spoil anything just yet but ahhhhhh (I might be in the water hahahaha yea). I keep my videos out so I have time to actually make and edit them while also working on boat projects. It’s a lot of work and I get behind very quickly.
Yikes! Clearly that was not built to come apart. You should probably figure a way to put the cheeks back on and the hardware on the outside - and for sure don't epoxy the cheeks on - all the bolts should hold it all together. what a pain
Yea! That woulda been great. Somebody just commented that the dolphinite would be good to use for the future. Nice to see it being dropped in the comments again.
I like following you but it seems to me you have been doing a lot of things that don't help the boat get finished! Looking like a tourist running around the island all the time boat could have been done long time ago
1) it’s a lot of hurry up and wait. it takes about 2-4 weeks for parts to arrive in the country. By the time I know what I need to do and the parts I need to do it, I need to start on another project while I wait for parts to arrive, and a lot of times, I can’t finish that second project I started because of parts, or waiting on somebody else. Then all the parts arrive at once and I pick away at it at light speed. If you’re interested in the work I’ve been doing, you can check out this spreadsheet. It shows all the projects I’ve completed each month, a lot of which I do not have the time or the ability to film on YT in an effective manner. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11kQaItsRvc-nUak7EbByNHu4oitSaQVVS-VjaS_dq3A/edit. Alternatively, you can check out my Patreon where I post more regular and monthly updates about the projects I’m doing. Patreon.com/sailingartha. 2) I am also waiting on other people to finish their jobs, and they are often waiting on other people. For example, it took months for the crane to arrive, and I needed that to put my mast back in. Craig and Dylan needed to work with other people in the DR in order to get the parts they needed in order to weld and fix the carpentry projects. Port Townsend Foundry took two months to cast and machine my rudder hardware, which I didn’t know I needed until my old pieces were cleaned up, and it took another 3 weeks for those parts to arrive. During that time, I knocked out about 20 projects that I could have been doing in the water, because, rather than “run around like a tourist” on a penny budget, I decided to switch gears, dig deep, and get stuff done. I splashed the boat after being on the hard for 1 year and 2 days. During that time on the hard, I single-handedly (with the help of others) completely tore apart the entire boat including plumbing, electrical, hull, all standing and running rigging (including bowsprit and boomkins) with rudder repairs, not to mention all the tiny projects. 3) I make about $1500 a month. Sometimes I just don’t have the money I need in order to buy things. In the effort to not go into debt, I usually opted to wait until I had the money in my account. But time is of the essence because I had to balance it with yard fees, and then when I injured my knee I had to take about 2 months off boat projects, during which time I had to budget for staying in an apartment, but I still single-handedly barrier coated the hull. I say all this not because I have the time and energy to respond to a negative comment, but because I can tell you don’t know what goes into an entire boat refit in a developing country, when you’re by yourself and learning as you go. The breaks I do take are because I cannot take the boat projects any longer. Anyway. I appreciate the comment, it helps my algorithm. And it gives me the opportunity to recap what I’ve done, which makes me proud of myself. Everything I’ve done has been to get this boat project finished. Otherwise I woulda budgeted to take a cruise.
Old sailors used to say that they liked to get a couple of weeks into a voyage to be rid of all the diseases that came from the land. Maybe sailing will improve your health? You've been doing an amazing job, take care!
Yea, I think that’s real. There’s something healing about being on a boat in the ocean/open water.
you go girl 🎉 i’m so proud of you
You did a great job of restoring the rudder. It looks great. The rudder will be in the water all the time. Now is your opportunity to remove the paint and cover the rudder with a layer of fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin.
Thanks for the input.
Here is a tip I saw while watching traditional shipwrights overhauling an old wooden vessel on utube called "Yaba". Instead of using chisels & screw drivers to pry open your keel or any splitting of wood joins. They made wooden wedges from old hard timber, (about 4 - 6 inches wide) and this way opens the wooden sections evenly where the chisel tends to damage the timber because of pressure applied to small parts instead of even pressure using a wedge and a hammer
... Love your weekly show.
"Yaba" is a good channel!
And leverage is your friend - slip a section of pipe over the handle you’ll be amazed of the power increase and how much easier it is to pry things apart. And how easy it is to destroy the tool your working with 🤦♂️. Jeep it up, you’re almost there 🙏
This is great info. Thank you
Whenever Maria and I start up job we always look to each other and say, "What could go wrong?" Because something always does. I see the boys were offering the expert opinions. I know you listen to them carefully. You are doing a great job. Remember, one foot in front of the other and soon, sail away.
That’s good thinking. Oftentimes what could go wrong, or the unknown of it, overwhelms me more than the project. It helps to have input, sometimes, definitely from people who know their stuff. They calm my nerves more than anything.
Nicole, i've said this before, but it bears saying again. you are a remarkable, resiliant young lady. i look forward to watching you sailing again. never give up kiddo. Dont quit!!!!! youve come so far.
Thank you! I’m so excited, almost there!
I remember watching some early videos of yours. You've come so very far ! You've accomplished a lot ! Wow is all I can say and I'm a retired Navy mechanic; old now but I appreciate hard work and that you have surely done ! Your boat has also come a long ways; it will be such a better craft once you get it back into the water. Good luck to ya, smile and keep your head up. You've earned everything you've accomplished !
Wow, thank you for this!! That’s so nice to hear.
Nicole gotta say that was as painful to watch as it was for u doing it, well done on ur tenacity and patients, mate hang in there, life throws so many curveballs at us, so take a deep breath or ten and just keep chipping away. U will get there, keep believing in yourself, u can and will succeed, much respect xxx😘🇦🇺
Thanks. It was brutal for body and spirit. I appreciate this.
Great job! You just keep on keeping on, and it's working.
Thank you
Ur so amazing, great job girl! I know for me when people stop n ask me questions because I'm converting a schoolie into a rv, it gives me so much more motivation to keep going
Same. It helps when people notice the hard work I’m putting in. That’s so neat what you’re doing with the school bus to the RV! I met somebody in Fort Pierce who had a boat. He sold the boat and did the same thing! Keep at it. It’s worth it.
The satisfaction of getting the bloody thing off was obvious... Yipee... You're doing a great job...
Thanks haha
New to your channel. Watch alot of yachting videos on U Tude. Really enjoying yours. Thanks for sharing. From NZ 🇳🇿
thanks and welcome to my channel 😃
I like to say you’re the 5th sailboat RUclipsr I have been watching and the other RUclipsrs are Acorn to Arabella (I went to see her be launched last year in Massachusetts), Salt & Tar, Sailing Yaba, Sampson Boat Co and just started watching Adventureman Dan.
So neat! I’ll have to check out these channels then
You make women very proud and it seens that men respect you Bravo. Luck is your perseverance 😊 take care of your body that's the only one you'll have❤❤❤
Awh, thank you. This is one of the nicest comment’s I’ve gotten. I love that, “Luck is your perseverance.”
I ended up writing that as one of my favorite quotes.
That dog is so cute!!! 😊
Thanks! I agree
Boom loves you! You might have a stowaway when you finally get Artha back in the water! 🤣
Oh it was nearly that!!! Hahah!
You are awesome. Love learning from you
Thanks
It's admirable what you achieve.
Thanks
Fantastic job!
Thank you!
Excellent job!.
Thanks
@@SailingArtha nicole, check v well also metal hardware on rudder and stern. You depend on those parts y know. As well and easy to make a rudder emergency choke where u can put a large oar as rudder. I know those rudders r strong but just in case...and if possible..best luck , If u come to Ecuador let me know i can help maybe. Saludos.
❤I love your determination.
Thanks
Great work, look after yourself.
Thanks, will do
Way to go! You did it!
Thanks!
your amazing 👌🏻 well done ✊🏻🏴
Thanks
Take care of yourself sister. Stay safe
Thanks
Woodern wedges are wonderful glad you got through was tough to watch
Noted, thanks for tuning in and commenting
Things are starting to go for you! Hurricane Beryl hits here Houston.
Yea! Making progress little by little
We all need a lil help, your not alone, Good 😊 job, the rudder is never easy off and on job
Yea, it turned out to be one of the most annoying jobs on the boat!!
In the future, when you need to separate two pieces of wood, cut some long wood wedges and just start hammering them in along the edges.
I've been using this method for over 40 years
Nice save with the stuck shoe
Thanks
"weird little tool" is a cats paw. If you ever have that sort of job again, find some scraps of hardwood and cut some thin wedges. Multitool to make a small hole then a bunch of wedges all around. Tap tap tap and it will come straight up. You can even split stone that way.
Neat, wow that’s crazy!
Great job! and you handled the mansplainer well with patience. next time tell him he's on camera to hopefully chase the old fella away. either way well done.
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Just subscribed....found your channel through AdventureDan channel. Ben Newport Beach, CA
Hi Ben, thanks for the sub!
Looking forward to seeing you in the water
I know!!!!! Ahhhhh haha (spoiler alert)
Put leg higher than heart. Being super organised will pay off. Good collection of tools. Day removing wood from rudder also showed not to hurt your back. Good clamping potable vice. Grinders are super dangerous go super slow with what to do with it.
Always have a 6" 12" ruler with metric.
Op shops have long sleeve shirts.
Dog vain important. Have a nice long scrapper.
Thanks for this
“Wow, that is all Mr. Slinger could say”🎉
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Might I suggest Dolfinite Bedding Compound for wood to wood joints that you wish to take apart, it stays pliable spreads like putty and will keep water of the joint. It would work to seal the wood of the rudder and rudder cheeks which you bolt back together. The reason there is a bearing (using Delrin) is to stop metal on metal contact which will wear bronze out.
Thanks. I just pulled up the stuff on Amazon. I appreciate it. And yea, I was surprised to hear the new hardware wouldn’t need any bushings, but instead of using more zinc, they put a kind of plastic in the bronze, which acts as a bushing, and also makes it less prone to electrolysis damage.
@@SailingArtha If possible, you might want to consider make removing the pintle easier by passing the bolts through the cheeks so that if something happens it's easier to remove the pintle by undoing the three or four bolts holding it on. But that would require threading bolts of a custom length and more holes in the rudder cheeks.
Good times 🎉 for the rudder you could have used a wonder bar because they are wonderful just like you 🎉
I just had to look it up because I didn’t know what wonder bar was, that would worked! Thanks for the compliment 😃
Oh brudder look at that rudder can't buy anudder better call my mudder 😅😂❤
Haha!
It’s plenty of work no doubt Baby Girl, take a break when ya get stressed
Hardwood wedges with a long taper, flat side down, and you just hammer them in. Heat would help, too. Would avoid damage to the rudder.
Okay, thanks
At the risk of being called negative, you need hardwood wedges.
Noted, thanks
Wood wedges are very handy.
Noted, thanks
Hard working
Thanks
I suspect an old-fashioned handsaw would have had that off with far less violence, especially with a wedge to help open the cut up.
You don't strike me as the type to just have ur rudder on the ground blocking movement... keep it clean!
Yea, that reallyyyy bugged me. It was hanging off the transom of the boat by a rod that was resting on a storage container, but when they put my mast up, they used the crane to move the storage container. There are not a lot of structural resources here in the yard, so the best I could do was prop it up on a few cinder blocks on the ground. Fortunately it was only there for a few weeks, during which time I was also working on it. Then I strapped it up against my boat to Coppercoat it. It was very stressful
Remember, life is for enjoying. All this work will produce sailing pleasure.
I was in a yard once when I heard loud banging all day and the travel lift went by.
Later on a guy told me they were using sledge hammers and crowbars to get a mast off a small trawler.
Finally, they tried lifting it off with the travel lift serving as a hoist and all they did was lift the trawler off the blocks because the mast was bedded in - - -
- - - wait for it - - - - yep, you guessed it - - - 5200.
While I was watching, I can understand the need to be able to replace that pintle in the future, I was thinking maybe you could cut a piece from the cheek at that place, so in the future you'd leave the bulk of the cheeks on when getting in there.
I want one of those multi-tools.
I don't know if you have one, but there are 90 degree angle bits to allow your drill to shoot at an angle in a tight space where it may not be possible to get the drill.
Keep on truckin', Nicole!
Oh my gosh, that is INSANE how strong 5200 is. Thanks for sharing that story. Good imagery. That’s a good idea, just cutting out a piece of the cheek. It did feel good to check underneath though to confirm there was no rot. Good to know about the 90 degree angle bits. Now that I’m almost done with boat projects, I’ll start investing in tools 😅 now that I know more about tools.
@@SailingArtha There's probably a book in 5200 stories.
A friend had a big gap in a dodger that he filled with 5200. Besides the adhesive quality, it stays flexible and can bridge small gaps.
With tools, always get the best and baby them. My hand tools swim in WD40.
Here's a tip, Nicole:
When you are going to do a piece of work, set out your tools in an organized fashion, like a dentist, rather than having them in a pile or in a bucket.
A cluttered environment leads to cluttered thinking and an organized environment promotes more organized thinking.
Your thinking is well-organized anyway and this tip will make things a little easier.
good winds
Thanks
So many pry bars! :P
Yes! Only way to make it work 😃
And the joint looked mint for its age.
You shouldn't hit a hammer with another hammer. The steel can shatter.
That's some serious glue
Yea
That weird little tool is a brake tool.
Awesome, thanks
I’m glad your not using 5200 to put it back together lol 😆
Same haha
One task at a time... and if you ever find out what that glue is, a lot of us would be intrested.
I asked Eric, the guy who has a BCC and is my go-to for questions. He said they used a polyurethane glue at the factory. That’s all we know! It was back in the 70s
my guess would be hide glue. was popular with guitar builders in that era as it pulls the wood together and the bond is stronger than the wood itself.
Resorcinol was a go-to glue for commercial builders as well. It is a two part glue used historically for gluing marine plywood.
Be VERY careful hammering a hammer with a hammer. Both are hardened steel. When striking each other they will not bend and or deform. If they fail they shatter. It’s possible for “shrapnel” to imbed into your skin or eyes.
Oh no!! I didn’t know this. Thank you.
@@SailingArtha you’re very welcome. Keep up the hard work. It’s paying off.
Wonder why if they 10 bolted the cheeks on they felt it needed to be glued on as well.
I’ve no idea… haha
I don’t watch hockey, but I do watch the preliminary’s for americas cup.miss the 12 meters.
I gotcha!
When I built my airplane for 4 1/2 years everyone would ask when it would be done. I learned through kind hearted folks to say Tuesday. Didn’t matter what Tuesday, just a Tuesday. It muffled the banter.
OHHHH I love this. I’ll start using this now haha THANK YOU! And that is awesome you built your own airplane.
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Epoxy illegal in California?! 😮 I actually don't know what else to use in boat repair!
02:28 What is that black bar at the bottom??? Does everyone see that or just my screen?????
Censoring. It was hot in the boat.
@@SailingArtha Where's the fun in that??...........LOL.
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Next time you need to take something apart find some hardwood wedges
Okay, thanks
Why are you removing the sides of the rudder?
She had to in order to replace the gudgeon that was trapped by the cheeks.
@@boooshes and who is this?
Don’t sound like Nicole
Was it broken, no, someone said it’s old, replace it, if it’s not broken, leave it be, I feel like this young lady is not made of money, and she has to do the work, she needs a break every now and then, and I’m sure haul out aren’t free…
I needed to replace the pintle and rather than cutting out the chunk of wood covering the pintle, I thought it was worth it to go ahead and check the rudder for rot.
Yep, thanks. (Pintle)
Hey girl hope your in the water ???guess your 2 months behind in videos ? Maybe you could make a video of the last 2months and bring us all up to speed on what your doing now .⛵⚓⛵🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Hey! My Patreon is up to date. I can’t spoil anything just yet but ahhhhhh (I might be in the water hahahaha yea). I keep my videos out so I have time to actually make and edit them while also working on boat projects. It’s a lot of work and I get behind very quickly.
That guy talking while you were prepping the rudder sounds clueless.
He tried haha
Wedges…
Noted, thanks
looks like iy was put together with 5200 - that stuff was created by the devil!
Yea!
Yikes! Clearly that was not built to come apart. You should probably figure a way to put the cheeks back on and the hardware on the outside - and for sure don't epoxy the cheeks on - all the bolts should hold it all together. what a pain
Agreed. I’ll just thru-bolt and use life seal.
My boat is full of these 12-volt chargers. I replace them with USB and USB-C chargers.
Agreed, USB-C is the way to go. They don’t sell them here in the DR though! Gotta order them online..
Too bad they didn't use a bedding compound like dolphinite on those cheeks.
Yea! That woulda been great. Somebody just commented that the dolphinite would be good to use for the future. Nice to see it being dropped in the comments again.
I like following you but it seems to me you have been doing a lot of things that don't help the boat get finished! Looking like a tourist running around the island all the time boat could have been done long time ago
1) it’s a lot of hurry up and wait. it takes about 2-4 weeks for parts to arrive in the country. By the time I know what I need to do and the parts I need to do it, I need to start on another project while I wait for parts to arrive, and a lot of times, I can’t finish that second project I started because of parts, or waiting on somebody else. Then all the parts arrive at once and I pick away at it at light speed. If you’re interested in the work I’ve been doing, you can check out this spreadsheet. It shows all the projects I’ve completed each month, a lot of which I do not have the time or the ability to film on YT in an effective manner. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11kQaItsRvc-nUak7EbByNHu4oitSaQVVS-VjaS_dq3A/edit. Alternatively, you can check out my Patreon where I post more regular and monthly updates about the projects I’m doing. Patreon.com/sailingartha.
2) I am also waiting on other people to finish their jobs, and they are often waiting on other people. For example, it took months for the crane to arrive, and I needed that to put my mast back in. Craig and Dylan needed to work with other people in the DR in order to get the parts they needed in order to weld and fix the carpentry projects. Port Townsend Foundry took two months to cast and machine my rudder hardware, which I didn’t know I needed until my old pieces were cleaned up, and it took another 3 weeks for those parts to arrive. During that time, I knocked out about 20 projects that I could have been doing in the water, because, rather than “run around like a tourist” on a penny budget, I decided to switch gears, dig deep, and get stuff done. I splashed the boat after being on the hard for 1 year and 2 days. During that time on the hard, I single-handedly (with the help of others) completely tore apart the entire boat including plumbing, electrical, hull, all standing and running rigging (including bowsprit and boomkins) with rudder repairs, not to mention all the tiny projects.
3) I make about $1500 a month. Sometimes I just don’t have the money I need in order to buy things. In the effort to not go into debt, I usually opted to wait until I had the money in my account. But time is of the essence because I had to balance it with yard fees, and then when I injured my knee I had to take about 2 months off boat projects, during which time I had to budget for staying in an apartment, but I still single-handedly barrier coated the hull.
I say all this not because I have the time and energy to respond to a negative comment, but because I can tell you don’t know what goes into an entire boat refit in a developing country, when you’re by yourself and learning as you go. The breaks I do take are because I cannot take the boat projects any longer. Anyway. I appreciate the comment, it helps my algorithm. And it gives me the opportunity to recap what I’ve done, which makes me proud of myself. Everything I’ve done has been to get this boat project finished. Otherwise I woulda budgeted to take a cruise.
@@SailingArtha No one can work on sailboat restoration 7 days a week. Breaks are needed, and you deserve yours.
Love you , but that was a waste of time....
Possibly yea